CHINA RAILWAY HIGH-SPEED

Main articles: High-speed rail in China

'China Railway High-speed' (Simplified Chinese: 中国铁路高速, Traditional Chinese: 中國鐵路高速, Pinyin: ''Zhongguo Tielu Gaosu'' or ) or 'CRH' is the designation for high-speed trains running in China, all of unrelated and imported designs, under technology transfer license. CRH1/2/5 are expected to have a maximum speed over 200 km/h. CRH3 and the next generation of CRH2 will have a maximum speed over 300 km/h. CRH was a major part of the sixth national railway speedup which was implemented on April 18, 2007. It is noticed that not all high-speed trains in China are named after CRH.
Each train is formed of eight coaches with a capacity of between 610 to 668 people, depending on the formation of the train. CRH1 are built by a joint venture, Bombardier Sifang Power Transportation in Qingdao, Shandong Province. China Northern Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry (CNR), China, is supplying 60 CRH5 200km/h eight-car trains based on Alstom technology. These trains are designed to meet UIC and EN international standards and each vehicle utilises a high-strength aluminium alloy bodyshell weighing just 8.5 tonnes.^[1]

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List of CRH trains

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List of CRH trains

★ CRH1 based on Bombardier's Regina C2008.

★ CRH2 based on Kawasaki Heavy Industries E2 Series Shinkansen

★ CRH3 based on Siemens' Velaro

★ CRH5 based on Alstom's Pendolino
It is possible that China is looking to brand its own locally designed China Star, as CRH4, in an effort to hide the fact that designs were imported, because all trains after the initial few will be partially made in China, with technology transfer and imported parts. However, the attempt to show the world it can make advanced trains on "its own" has backfired as China Star has had to decommission it even running at 160 km/h because of serious design flaws.

See also

★ China Star

References

★ Shanghai-Beijing route to test bullet train. ''China Daily''. January 16, 2007.